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  • Title: Molecular distinctions exist between community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and disease-associated isolates in children.
    Author: Thomsen I, McKenna BD, Saye EJ, Jimenez N, Edwards KM, Creech CB.
    Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J; 2011 May; 30(5):418-21. PubMed ID: 21263373.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To define the molecular epidemiology of colonization and disease-associated isolates of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). DESIGN: Laboratory-based comparative study of clinical staphylococcal isolates. METHODS: We analyzed 255 pediatric CA-MRSA isolates for molecular characteristics associated with colonization and disease. We used polymerase chain reaction to determine the presence of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin and the lantibiotic element, bsaB, and to characterize the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type and accessory gene regulator locus. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was used to determine genetic relatedness between strains. RESULTS: A total of 150 isolates were obtained from patients with clinical disease (37 invasive infections, 113 noninvasive infections) and 105 from subjects with nasal colonization alone. Of 150 disease-associated isolates, 123 (82%) belonged to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis group USA300, whereas only 19 (18%) of 105 colonization isolates were of the USA300 lineage. Colonization isolates were less likely to possess staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IV, Panton-Valentine Leukocidin, or agr type 1 (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Colonization strains of CA-MRSA in children differ significantly from those strains recovered from patients with staphylococcal infections. This suggests that only colonization with specific strain types, rather than methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in general, increases the risk for CA-MRSA disease.
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